When prognosis precedes diagnosis: Putting the cart before the horse

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 172, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1697-1698

  Sabatine, Marc S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ISCHEMIA MODIFIED ALBUMIN; TROPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21244474791     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.050560     Document Type: Note

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